Sasha Dugdale
@sashadugdale.bsky.social
Poet and translator
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Sasha Dugdale
@sashadugdale.bsky.social
· Jun 16
Congratulations to Sasha Dugale (sashadugdale.bsky.social), who has been named the winner of the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2025 with her collection The Strongbox!
Well done Sasha!! 🎉
Read the news here: www.carcanet.co.uk/sasha-dugdal...
Well done Sasha!! 🎉
Read the news here: www.carcanet.co.uk/sasha-dugdal...
Thanks @carcanet.bsky.social – delighted about this and very grateful to the Anglo-Hellenic league, @jhcreerw.bsky.social @sofkazinovieff.bsky.social & the judges of the #Runciman Award.
‘The cold of anxiety is very real’ - an endlessly relevant detail from Louise Bourgeois’s 1996 work ‘Cell’.
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
‘The cold of anxiety is very real’ - an endlessly relevant detail from Louise Bourgeois’s 1996 work ‘Cell’.
Kate Antoniou is a brilliant history teacher and a really passionate and informed person to discuss history with. She teaches adult courses by zoom and as she did all her study and research later in life she really ‘gets‘ lifelong learning: kateantoniouhistory.co.uk
Kate Antoniou History
Explore History with Passion
kateantoniouhistory.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Kate Antoniou is a brilliant history teacher and a really passionate and informed person to discuss history with. She teaches adult courses by zoom and as she did all her study and research later in life she really ‘gets‘ lifelong learning: kateantoniouhistory.co.uk
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Join us for an online book launch on November 18th at 7pm — #mennaelfyn #oliviamccannon #derynrees-jones #HotelAmour
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-boo...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Join us for an online book launch on November 18th at 7pm — #mennaelfyn #oliviamccannon #derynrees-jones #HotelAmour
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-boo...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-boo...
Жизнь—вокзал, скоро уеду, куда—не скажу.
Life is a station, I depart soon – but where to, I won't say.
Marina Tsvetaeva wrote this on a form sent to her by Pasternak for inclusion in a Soviet biographical dictionary.
Life is a station, I depart soon – but where to, I won't say.
Marina Tsvetaeva wrote this on a form sent to her by Pasternak for inclusion in a Soviet biographical dictionary.
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Жизнь—вокзал, скоро уеду, куда—не скажу.
Life is a station, I depart soon – but where to, I won't say.
Marina Tsvetaeva wrote this on a form sent to her by Pasternak for inclusion in a Soviet biographical dictionary.
Life is a station, I depart soon – but where to, I won't say.
Marina Tsvetaeva wrote this on a form sent to her by Pasternak for inclusion in a Soviet biographical dictionary.
Larissa Sansour is a bit of an art hero. There's a recent introductory video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mobV...
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Larissa Sansour is a bit of an art hero. There's a recent introductory video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mobV...
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Philip Guston, Box and Shadow, 1978
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135327
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135327
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Philip Guston, Box and Shadow, 1978
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135327
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135327
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PITYSAD sequence of poems by @sashadugdale.bsky.social were my way of turning my thoughts towards veterans and their families
#PTSD #poetry
#PTSD #poetry
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
PITYSAD sequence of poems by @sashadugdale.bsky.social were my way of turning my thoughts towards veterans and their families
#PTSD #poetry
#PTSD #poetry
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If you’d like to learn more about Mary Bishop & her extraordinary work, I wrote this for The Wellcome Collection in 2023.
But more than that, I would recommend looking for yourself at some of her work which is available to view online through their catalogue
wellcomecollection.org/stories/mary...
But more than that, I would recommend looking for yourself at some of her work which is available to view online through their catalogue
wellcomecollection.org/stories/mary...
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you’d like to learn more about Mary Bishop & her extraordinary work, I wrote this for The Wellcome Collection in 2023.
But more than that, I would recommend looking for yourself at some of her work which is available to view online through their catalogue
wellcomecollection.org/stories/mary...
But more than that, I would recommend looking for yourself at some of her work which is available to view online through their catalogue
wellcomecollection.org/stories/mary...
yet who,
in his own way,
is not a Suffenus?
Each has his blind spot.
The moat & the beam.
As Aesop says,
the pack on our own back
that we don’t see.
Catullus 22 tr. Peter Whigham.
in his own way,
is not a Suffenus?
Each has his blind spot.
The moat & the beam.
As Aesop says,
the pack on our own back
that we don’t see.
Catullus 22 tr. Peter Whigham.
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
yet who,
in his own way,
is not a Suffenus?
Each has his blind spot.
The moat & the beam.
As Aesop says,
the pack on our own back
that we don’t see.
Catullus 22 tr. Peter Whigham.
in his own way,
is not a Suffenus?
Each has his blind spot.
The moat & the beam.
As Aesop says,
the pack on our own back
that we don’t see.
Catullus 22 tr. Peter Whigham.
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Congratulations to Wasafiri friends and contributors @juanapoetry.bsky.social, Don Mee Choi, Han Kang, and George Szirtes on gaining a place on the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2025! 🙌
Longlist 2025
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2025
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November 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Congratulations to Wasafiri friends and contributors @juanapoetry.bsky.social, Don Mee Choi, Han Kang, and George Szirtes on gaining a place on the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2025! 🙌
Detail from a monumental terracotta krater, used as grave marker
ca. 750-735 BCE
The hourglass-shaped shields and chariots are typical of earlier Bronze Age, suggesting that it may memorialize ancestral glories.
ca. 750-735 BCE
The hourglass-shaped shields and chariots are typical of earlier Bronze Age, suggesting that it may memorialize ancestral glories.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Detail from a monumental terracotta krater, used as grave marker
ca. 750-735 BCE
The hourglass-shaped shields and chariots are typical of earlier Bronze Age, suggesting that it may memorialize ancestral glories.
ca. 750-735 BCE
The hourglass-shaped shields and chariots are typical of earlier Bronze Age, suggesting that it may memorialize ancestral glories.
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Margaret Busby discusses the disruptive poetry of Jayne Cortez: “Rereading her words was a reminder of how far ahead of the game she always was.”
Margaret Busby on Jazz, Africa, and the Endurance of Jayne Cortez’s Disruptive Poetry
Lit Hub is excited to feature another entry in a new series from Poets.org: “enjambments,” a monthly interview series with new and established poets. This month, they spoke to Margaret …
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July 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Margaret Busby discusses the disruptive poetry of Jayne Cortez: “Rereading her words was a reminder of how far ahead of the game she always was.”
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🐐 GOATSONG by Phoebe Giannisi, tr. Brian Sneeden, publishes today 🐐
The many human and animal voices of GOATSONG form an incantatory lyricism and layered engagement unique in literature.
Read an extract and order a copy: tinyurl.com/ya56e62v
The many human and animal voices of GOATSONG form an incantatory lyricism and layered engagement unique in literature.
Read an extract and order a copy: tinyurl.com/ya56e62v
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🐐 GOATSONG by Phoebe Giannisi, tr. Brian Sneeden, publishes today 🐐
The many human and animal voices of GOATSONG form an incantatory lyricism and layered engagement unique in literature.
Read an extract and order a copy: tinyurl.com/ya56e62v
The many human and animal voices of GOATSONG form an incantatory lyricism and layered engagement unique in literature.
Read an extract and order a copy: tinyurl.com/ya56e62v
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Meanwhile in the social media multiverse. My poem for Steven Heighton.
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Meanwhile in the social media multiverse. My poem for Steven Heighton.
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We hope you can join us! Register for the Zoom link (free) via Eventbrite if you plan on coming along www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765466972...
Looking forward to this @serenbooks.bsky.social online event 18 November 7pm: An evening of poetry celebrating the publication of ‘Hôtel Amour’ by Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social, with readings by Deryn and guests Menna Elfyn and Olivia McCannon. @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social
Poetry Book Launch | Hôtel Amour by Deryn Rees-Jones
Join us online for an evening of poetry celebrating publication of ‘Hôtel Amour’ by Deryn Rees-Jones.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We hope you can join us! Register for the Zoom link (free) via Eventbrite if you plan on coming along www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765466972...
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Here's a stunning #poem from freshly published BYCATCH by
@csmithpoet.bsky.social
'So much love, care, grief, and dignity is presented in this collection.' – Hitomi Grace Utsugi
ninearchespress.com/publications...
@csmithpoet.bsky.social
'So much love, care, grief, and dignity is presented in this collection.' – Hitomi Grace Utsugi
ninearchespress.com/publications...
October 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Here's a stunning #poem from freshly published BYCATCH by
@csmithpoet.bsky.social
'So much love, care, grief, and dignity is presented in this collection.' – Hitomi Grace Utsugi
ninearchespress.com/publications...
@csmithpoet.bsky.social
'So much love, care, grief, and dignity is presented in this collection.' – Hitomi Grace Utsugi
ninearchespress.com/publications...
I can’t believe this finally exists…
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I can’t believe this finally exists…
What a haul from New Directions Publishing. Details in the alt text. I’m so excited to have all these…
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What a haul from New Directions Publishing. Details in the alt text. I’m so excited to have all these…
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Henri Matisse, French (1869-1964), Seated Young Woman with an Amber Necklace, 1942, oil on canvas, 55.3 x 46.4 cm, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
November 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Henri Matisse, French (1869-1964), Seated Young Woman with an Amber Necklace, 1942, oil on canvas, 55.3 x 46.4 cm, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
A poem in answer to Charles Causley’s poem On All Souls Night – and also to celebrate the birth of my daughter on All Souls Day. From ‘Red House’ @carcanet.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A poem in answer to Charles Causley’s poem On All Souls Night – and also to celebrate the birth of my daughter on All Souls Day. From ‘Red House’ @carcanet.bsky.social
Giacometti’s Homme qui pointe (1947) is on display at the Tate. Sartre thought he was 'always halfway between nothingness and being’.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Giacometti’s Homme qui pointe (1947) is on display at the Tate. Sartre thought he was 'always halfway between nothingness and being’.
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Here’s a late poem by Matt Simpson. Looking forward to speaking more about him this evening at the OpenEye Gallery, Liverpool #MattSimpson #liverpoolpoets
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Here’s a late poem by Matt Simpson. Looking forward to speaking more about him this evening at the OpenEye Gallery, Liverpool #MattSimpson #liverpoolpoets
This portrait of Akhmatova was painted by Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya in 1914. Come and hear Stephen Capus and I talk about Akhmatova at Ledbury Winter Poetry Festival on Sat 22 November: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/her...
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This portrait of Akhmatova was painted by Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya in 1914. Come and hear Stephen Capus and I talk about Akhmatova at Ledbury Winter Poetry Festival on Sat 22 November: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/her...
Stephen Capus and I will be discussing Anna Akhmatova‘s poetry and life, and reading from our translations of her work on Sat 22 November at Ledbury Winter Poetry Festival. Book here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/her...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Stephen Capus and I will be discussing Anna Akhmatova‘s poetry and life, and reading from our translations of her work on Sat 22 November at Ledbury Winter Poetry Festival. Book here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/her...